said University of Virginia hydrologist Venkat Lakshmi. Flash droughts occur when the rain stops and it gets so hot that the atmosphere literally sucks moisture out of the ground and plants, making them more likely to catch fire.
shut down roads and schools and prompted officials to advise the public to avoid Lahaina town — all while more than 1,000 acres burned in a separate fire Upcountry and crews watered down buildings in South
The skeeter is a small fire truck…like this one. Mosher jumped into it alone to see if he could clear a path for the engines to get out. Mosher says when he realized the skeeter couldn't drivethroughthe barricade of cars, he made the snap decision to driveoverthem to find help. Tan...
“There was no warning,” Lynn Robinson told USA Today. “There was absolutely none. Nobody came around. We didn’t see a fire truck or anybody.” Multiple reports confirm the response from the Maui and greater Hawaiin community has been extraordinary. Kai said he’s been dropping off foo...
Eliason said the fire knocked the power out in the area soon after. Ten minutes later, Hawaiian Electric sends a news release asking Maui residents to prepare for extended outages. The utility says more than 30 power poles are down in West Maui, including along the Honoapiilani Highway...
The Maui News Four residents escaped a fire that burned a single-story house Tuesday morning on Kahiapo Place in Haiku, a fire official said. Firefighters were called to the fire at 9:05 a.m. and arrived to find the residence fully on fire, said Fire Services Chief Rylan Yatsushiro. He...
Maui fire survivors upset with living conditions from FEMA's housing program.ABC News "The contract reflected something completely different from what the actual space of the unit was," Nahale said of the first place he was offered. "For example, the space was a studio. The contract ...
Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. President and CEO Shelee Kimura said many factors go into a decision to cut power, including the impact on people who rely on specialized medical equipment and concerns that a shutoff in the fire area would have knocked out water pumps. ...
After the fire had been burning for more than five hours, Gabuat told Andaya that flames had reached Front Street, Lahaina's commercial heart. Only then did Andaya respond that he had “better come home tomorrow.” By that time multiple areas had been eva...
Thewildfires in Mauihave burned thousands of acres since the blaze began earlier this month, and some of the fires were still partially contained as of Monday. The Lahaina fire – the most devastating of the blazes – burned an estimated 2,170 acres, theCounty of Maui saidin a news relea...